Naomi Ishisaka

11 books to read to learn more about Asian American history and experiences

March 24, 2021 at 2:05 p.m.

Following the killings of eight people — including six Asian American women — in Georgia last week, Karen Maeda Allman, bookseller and author events coordinator at Elliott Bay Book Company...

Johnny Fikru, center, holds a placard while protesting working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic at Jack Frost Fruit Co. in Yakima, Washington.

Commentary: Will masks be a magnet for racial profiling? Some African Americans put in a tough spot

May 19, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

Johnny Fikru can't leave the house without carrying the weight of double consciousness with him. "Double consciousness," a concept coined by renowned sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois in 1903, refers to...

A movement, known as "body positivity" or "fat acceptance," writers, researchers, bloggers and influencers are creating new cultural norms that emphasize the beauty of all bodies, the value of Health At Every Size (HAES), and radical self-love. (Dreamstime/TNS)

2020: The year to ditch diet culture

January 3, 2020 at 12:42 p.m.

Like millions of women before me, I spent most of my life struggling with body-image issues. Countless precious years consumed by diets, worries about weight and after it all, my...

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